Season 8
8 episodes · Sep 14, 2008
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- S8E1
How to Be a Good President
Sep 14, 200860mHelped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to define the qualities which make a great US president.
- S8E2
Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film
Oct 9, 200860mNovelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train came to shape the work of writers and film-makers, from Wordsworth and Dickens to The Railway Children.
- S8E3
Last Days of Steam
Oct 16, 200860mDocumentary that tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end.
S8E4How to Write a Mills and Boon
Nov 2, 200860mTo mark 100 years of romance publishers Mills and Boon, literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them, a task that ends up being harder than it looks.
- S8E5
How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
Nov 10, 200860mDon Manley reveals the tricks that compilers use to bamboozle and entertain cryptic crossword solvers, while fans including Prunella Scales explain why they enjoy them.
- S8E6
The Comic Songbook
Dec 22, 200860mDocumentary which celebrates Britain's tradition of comic songs, from Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen to Benny Hill's Ernie, and reveals the skill involved in creating them.
- S8E7
Fashion versus the BBC
Jan 22, 200960mA team of fashion writers and commentators including Peter York, Colin McDowell, Ted Polhemus and Hilary Alexander looks at the relationship between British fashion and the BBC.
- S8E8
The North-South Divide
Apr 2, 200960mJournalist John Harris travels around England to find out why the north-south divide is still an economic reality following the decline of industry, and if it can be closed.